Archive - Dec 7, 2013

December 7, 2013

The Rev. George W. Ivy died Dec. 4, 2013, at Scenic Mountain Hospital in Big Spring, Texas, at the age of 94.
He was born Oct. 29, 1919, to Lorenzo Price Ivy and Norah Robinson Ivy, in Van Zandt County, Texas. He married Ludene Mitchell Sept. 9, 1938. She preceded him in death Aug. 24, 2005.
He was a licensed minister with the Church of God, Cleveland, Tenn., beginning his ministry in 1948. He pastored churches in Haskell, Midland, Abilene, Lubbock, Amarillo and Fort Worth. He also served in the Navy in 1944 and 1945.

December 7, 2013

December 7, 2013

Bertha Mae Jolley, 85, of Big Spring, died Tuesday Dec. 3, 2013, at Midland Memorial Hospital. Memorial Services will be 2 p.m. Monday at Myers & Smith Chapel with Ulysses Mathews of West Highway 80 Church of Christ officiating.
She was born Jan. 13, 1928, in Waurika, Okla. She spent most of her life in Howard County. She was very active in her church and worked in Nursing Services for the Big Spring State Hospital for many years. She was a cook in Big Spring at different restaurants as well as the original Settles Hotel.

December 7, 2013

December 7, 2013

Icy weather may have delayed Santa's busy weekend in the Crossroads area but the public can still kick off the season with a little Christmas cheer.
The Big Spring High School band will hold its annual Christmas concert at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the high school auditorium. The program will include a selection of Christmas songs and this will also be the last time for the public to hear the band's award winning marching program which includes selections from the musical â€śTommy.â€ť

December 7, 2013

He is approximately 4 months old. Sinatra is a lover, he loves to be petted. He is non aggressive towards other dogs and people. Sinatra loves children, also. His fur is the softest fur that you will ever pet. Sinatra got his name because he has one very blue eye.

Please call 432/816-2555 or go to www.bs2cr.org for more information on adopting Sinatra or one of our other wonderful adoptable pets. Facebook page is Big Spring Second Chance Rescue.

December 7, 2013

Navy Master Chief Petty Officer Priscilla Kirsh, daughter of Patricia Richter, of Lamesa, Texas, recently reenlisted for four years of active Naval service while serving aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN75). Kirsh is a 1988 graduate of Lamesa High School in Lamesa.